Worldwide Prevalence of Occupational Exposure to Needle Stick Injury among Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Overall characteristics of included articles in the systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors (publication year)	N	NSI prevalence		Study design	Location	Socioeconomic development	Risk of bias	Reference
		Life time	One year
Alhazmi and Surber, 2018	926	54.64	NA	Cross-sectional	USA	Developed	Low	[25]
Marković et al., 2013	216	60.6	15.7	Cross-sectional	Serbia	Developing	Low	[26]
Yasin et al., 2019	282	42.2	20.6	Cross-sectional	Ethiopia	Developing	Low	[27]
Archana et al., 2018	950	68.3	35.3	Cross-sectional	India	Developing	Low	[28]
Jahangiri et al., 2015	168	76.0	54.0	Cross-sectional	Iran	Developing	Low	[29]
Amira and Awobusuyi, 2014	120	40.2	24.5	Cross-sectional	Nigeria	Developing	Low	[30]
Tabatabaei et al., 2016	393	60.3	NA	Cross-sectional	China	Developing	Low	[31]
AlDakhil et al., 2019	450	29.8	NA	Cross-sectional	Saudi Arabia	Developing	Low	[32]
Akhuleh et al., 2019	306	100	81.7	Cross-sectional	Iran	Developing	Low	[33]
Selladurai, and Shireen, 2019	240	NA	47.5	Cross-sectional	Bangalore	Developing	Low	[34]
Kasatpibal et al., 2016	2031	NA	23.7	Cross-sectional	Thailand	Developing	Low	[16]
Marjadi et al., 2017	169	NA	16.6	Cross-sectional	Australia	Developed	Low	[35]
Abere et al., 2020	241	73.3	NA	Cross-sectional	Ethiopia	Developing	Low	[36]
Musa et al., 2014	203	40.4	NA	Cross-sectional	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Developing	Medium	[37]
Chalya et al., 2015	436	NA	35.32	Cross-sectional	Tanzania	Developing	Low	[38]
Jaybhaye et al., 2014	220	NA	49.1	Cross-sectional	India	Developing	Medium	[39]
Voide et al., 2012	2.691	NA	9.7	Cross-sectional	Switzerland	Developed	Low	[40]
Shaghaghian et al., 2015	191	43.5	NA	Cross-sectional	Iran	Developing	Medium	[41]

NSI = needle stick injury; NA = not applicable; N = sample size.